Not related at all: oh my, chez.com still exists? That's my very first website I did in 2000: http://w2000.chez.com/

What do any of these comments have to do with this advertisement for the Apple1?

I appreciate that the software and updates are made "free" to me, and it may be their right to disallow "downgrades" and have time-limited windows for redemption. However, as a developer for their platform, it is quite frustrating that these restrictions are at odds with industry practice to guarantee support for older OS versions than current. I cannot purchase a new iPhone, put iOS 18 on it, install my app, and test updating the iPhone to 26. This can have very real negative consequences for the very same shared customers of mine and Apple's.

What's up with all of the weird typos, such as:

"APPLE Computer Compagny"

"Palo Atlt"

The Apple I computers got bought back by Apple for the release of the Apple II. That's why they're so rare, Apple wanted them gone. They were not a user-friendly computer. It booted to the Monitor prompt, and did not include BASIC in the ROM.

Heard to believe that all this (product and ad) was by kids barely out of teenage.

At $666.66 this must have been a diabolic deal!

Weird that they say "4 Ko RAM". That's how the French refer to bytes (octets) but everything else is in American units and dollars.

I know people are rightly amazed by Woz’s engineering prowess, but it’s fascinating to see Steve’s fingerprints all of Apple I. Look at the product commitments and they’ll ring a bell:

- It’s all in one - Hassle free to set up - Something that usually doesn’t work (cassette board) now just works

They rightly identified the hobbyist market (I want to tinker) was actually the smaller market within a larger one. Seems obvious in hindsight. It wasn’t obvious then.

> "you won't be continually paying for access to this growing software library."

Well... the apple used to be sweet and has turn pretty sour with the years...